“You know at once, if you are clairvoyant in these matters (libre-voyant, one might say), when you have met your book. You may dally and evade, you may go on about your affairs, but the paragraph of prose your eye fell upon, or the snatch of verses, or perhaps only the spirit and flavour of the volume, more divined than reasonably noted, will follow you.”
This novel delves into the enigmatic world of a unique bookshop, where the past and present intertwine, and the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur. more
Christopher Morley was an American journalist and writer, born on May 5, 1890, in Pennsylvania, and died on March 28, 1957. Known for his humorous and witty writing style, Morley is considered an important figure in American literature of the 20th century. more
“reading a good novel is like seeing a landscape emerge when water subsides”
“True, we might form classes in thinking and reading.”
“…and for goodness’ sake read widely and deeply…”